Psalms 128:2

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You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people– for they stand in fear before him.
  • Eph 6:3 : 3 “that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”
  • Ps 109:11 : 11 May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!
  • Isa 62:8 : 8 The LORD swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm:“I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce.
  • Isa 65:13 : 13 So this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
  • Isa 65:21-23 : 21 They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. 23 They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.
  • Jer 22:15 : 15 Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
  • Deut 28:4 : 4 Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
  • Deut 28:11 : 11 The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.
  • Deut 28:39 : 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.
  • Deut 28:51 : 51 They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.
  • Judg 6:3-6 : 3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them. 4 They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys. 5 When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land. 6 Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.
  • Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 Enjoy the Fruit of Your Labor I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward. 19 To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

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    3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.

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  • Deut 30:9
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    9The LORD your God will make the labor of your hands abundantly successful and multiply your children, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the LORD will once more rejoice over you to make you prosperous just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,

  • Deut 28:2-6
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    2All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the LORD your God:

    3You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field.

    4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

    5Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed.

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  • Deut 12:7
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    7Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

  • Ps 128:1
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    1A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the LORD’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

  • Deut 28:8
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    8The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.

  • Deut 8:10
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    10You will eat your fill and then praise the LORD your God because of the good land he has given you.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

  • Deut 28:11-12
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    11The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.

    12The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

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    10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24Enjoy Work and its Benefits There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

  • Eph 6:3
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    3“that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

  • Ps 37:3-4
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    3Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!

    4Then you will take delight in the LORD, and he will answer your prayers.

  • Eccl 5:18-19
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    18Enjoy the Fruit of Your Labor I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

    19To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

  • Lev 25:19
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    19“‘The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.

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    4For you, O LORD, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

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    25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.

  • Eccl 3:13
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    13and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.

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    12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

  • Deut 6:11
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    5‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

  • Ps 144:15
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    15How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

  • Prov 31:27
    72%

    27Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Deut 6:18
    72%

    18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

  • Prov 5:10
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    10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

  • Prov 3:23
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    23Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

  • Prov 31:31
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    31Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he provides for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

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    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time– with self-control and not in drunkenness.

  • Prov 28:19
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    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Ps 115:15
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    15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth!

  • 1 Sam 25:6
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    6Then you will say to my brother,“Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours!

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    2His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.